How to use an Amazon Fire TV Stick in South Africa

If you have taken your Amazon Firestick from the UK to South Africa to continue enjoying watching your favourite shows, you were probably quite frustrated to find most of the apps you use are blocked.

Don’t worry. There is a very easy workaround to get your Firestick working in South Africa. All you need is a VPN to unblock all your favourite apps.

In this article, we will tell you everything you need to know about how to use a VPN to get your Firestick working in South Africa. We will also recommend the best VPNs for the job. And our method will even work with the Amazon Fire TV too!

How to use the Amazon Fire TV Stick in South Africa

The best VPN to use to get your Amazon Firestick working in South Africa is ExpressVPN.

Alternative VPN services

ExpressVPN is the best VPN to use with an Amazon Firestick, but it isn’t the only one. Not all VPNs can support the Firestick, but there are some good ones that you can consider if, for some reason, you don’t fancy ExpressVPN.

Our top three recommended VPNs to use with an Amazon Firestick in South Africa are:

All of these VPNs can do the job, but in our testing, ExpressVPN performed the best. They also offer a terrific 30-day money-back guarantee and at the moment you can get 3-months free with their annual package. This makes ExpressVPN 49% cheaper than paying monthly.

What is a VPN and is it legal?

The reason your Amazon Firestick doesn’t work in South Africa is that the apps you use are geo-blocked to your home country.

Geo-blocking works by looking at your IP Address. This small bit of code tells websites where your internet connection is located. But when you connect to a VPN, all your internet data is passed through an external server. When this happens, it is tagged with the IP Address of that server.

If the VPNs server is located in another country, the websites you visit will think you are there too and so let you access their services. And because VPNs also encrypt your online data, it is impossible for Firestick apps to know you are actually watching from South Africa.

It is a very simple process, and in South Africa, using a VPN is completely legal and permitted too

Can I use a VPN with Kodi on a Fire TV Stick?

Yes. The Amazon Firestick is a popular device for Kodi users. And if you use your Firestick to watch TV shows and movies on Kodi addons, a VPN is an essential tool for you.

It is a well-known fact that quite a few unofficial Kodi addons can allow access to copyrighted content. There is therefore a risk of legal repercussions if you are caught using these addons.

But because a VPN like ExpressVPN encrypts all of your online activity and hides your IP Address, it is almost impossible to link your Kodi viewing habits back to your internet connection when using one. That’s not to say we condone watching copyright content of course.

Conclusion: How to use a Fire TV Stick

To use your Firestick in South Africa, you will have to sign up for a VPN. Our testing shows that ExpressVPN is the best one to choose, not least because they have a great 30-day money back guarantee plus 3 months free on an annual package at the moment.

In this article, we have explained how to use ExpressVPN to get your Firestick working in South Africa and why it works. It’s a really easy process and the rewards that come from watching your favourite shows and movies will make a VPN a very sound investment.

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David is VPNCompare's News Editor. Anything going on in the privacy world and he's got his eye on it. He's also interested in unblocking sports allowing him to watch his favourite football team wherever he is in the world. Away from writing, he enjoys reading and politics. He is currently learning Mandarin too... slowly.